Researchers at MIT have unveiled a way to temporarily reboot aging immune systems, using a targeted mRNA therapy that turns ...

The oceans soak up enormous quantities of carbon dioxide, and MIT researchers say they've developed a way of releasing and capturing it that uses far less energy than direct air capture – with some ...

In 2013, Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and Tesla, proposed a new way to get around. He told PandoDaily, "We've got planes, trains, automobiles and boats for getting around earth. But what if there was ...

Soldiers stationed in remote locations could be swiftly treated for illnesses from cancer to the Zika virus, thanks to laptop-sized portable pharmacies developed by scientists at the Massachusetts ...

Several drugs that block the immune checkpoints PD-1 and PD-L1 have been approved to treat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but their efficacy in the disease is estimated to be well under 50%.

The geometry or shape of a quantum system is mathematically expressed by a tool called the quantum geometric tensor (QGT). It also explains how a quantum system's state changes when we tweak certain ...

MIT engineers have designed a walking lunar robot cleverly inspired by the animal kingdom. The “mix-and-match” system is made of worm-like robotic limbs astronauts could configure into various ...

Quickly producing biopharmaceutical drugs on demand in a remote location is technically challenging, and doctors do not currently have access to the tech needed to do so. MIT scientists have met this ...

The hulking, heavily armed remote control ?robots that battle to the death, sending sparks, flames, and pieces of metal flying around the ring were the inspiration for a local engineer who recently ...

Most of the tests of self-driving cars have taken place in cities. These are places where 3D mapping of streets, lanes, curbs, signs, and the like is undertaken with precision. One of the biggest ...

A team at MIT developed an emergency ventilator that could be built with parts for $100 using a bag-valve resuscitator, a common hospital item, according to a recent report. The bag-valve resuscitator ...